Cape aloes - A review of the phytochemistry, pharmacology and commercialisation of Aloe ferox

Phytochemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-12

  Chen, Weiyang ^a   Van Wyk, Ben Erik ^b   Vermaak, Ilze ^a   Viljoen, Alvaro M ^a  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aloe ferox; Biological activity; Cape aloe; Ethnobotany; Phytochemistry

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALOE FEROX; ANTHRAQUINONE; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; CHROMONE DERIVATIVE; LAXATIVE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALOE; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTHRITIS; BURN; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IRRITABLE COLON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; REVIEW; SEBORRHEA; SINUSITIS; SKIN CANCER; SORE THROAT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VARICOSIS; WOUND HEALING;

ALOE; ALOE CANDELABRUM; ALOE FEROX;

EID: 84856762697     PISSN: 18743900     EISSN: 18767486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytol.2011.09.001     Document Type: Review

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